Intake and blood concentrations of folate and their association with health-related behaviors in Korean college students

Nutrition Research and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 216-223

  Jang, Han Byul ^a   Han, Young Hee ^a   Piyathilake, Chandrika J ^b   Kim, Heon ^a   Hyun, Taisun ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Folate intake; Health related behaviors; RBC folate; Serum folate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879040599     PISSN: 19761457     EISSN: 20056168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2013.7.3.216     Document Type: Article

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